Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1761, Aug. 15 | Born, Portland, Maine |
| 1779 | Appointed midshipman on board the Protector of the Massachusetts Navy |
| 1783-1798 | Served fifteen years in the merchant service after the Revolutionary War |
| 1798 | Appointed lieutenant in the United States Navy in Commodore John Barry's Squadron |
| 1799 | Commissioned captain in the navy Commanded the frigate Essex escorting convoy to East Indies |
| 1801 | Married Mary Deering of Portland, Maine |
| 1803 | Commander of the Third Naval Squadron ordered to the Mediterranean in whose fleet the frigate Philadelphia was captured by Tripolitans and later blown up by Stephen Decatur |
| 1804 | Assaulted but failed to capture Tripoli and returned home Became a shipbuilder for the navy |
| 1807, Aug. 25 | Died, Portland, Maine |